NGC 5598
NGC 5598
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5598 as it looked roughly 253 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 5603Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5601Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 1028Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5697Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5739Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5601Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 1028Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5697Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5739Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).